Elderly woman describes bread aisle beatdown at Walmart

Editors note 3/16/2017: This story earlier named the alleged suspect in this case, but police have since said the woman named is not a suspect. Her name has been removed.

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ATLANTA - Atlanta Police are looking for a woman accused of punching an elderly woman in the face inside an Atlanta Walmart.

On Sunday, a 75-year-old woman went to the Walmart located at 1801 Howell Mill Road around 9:30 a.m. She was in a wheelchair heading down the bread aisle when another woman came around the corner. The two almost collided, police said.

"I thought she was going to go around," said the elderly woman, who asked 11Alive not to use her name. "She looked at me and she said, 'I want to get some bread, white [expletive]. I said, 'Well excuse me.'"

She said as she wheeled her scooter away, she said in a low tone, "No you move out the way," also calling the woman a profane name.

"I'm not going to tell no lie," the victim said. "As I went around her, I said, 'You're the [expletive]."

The woman must have heard what she said because she started following her around the store.

"There wasn't anybody in the aisle, and the next thing you know she was jumping on me," the grandmother said.

According to the police report, the woman punched the woman repeatedly in the face leaving her with a bloody nose and bruises.

"She kept socking me in my glasses, and then hitting me in my mouth. I started hollering, 'Help, help.'"

Despite her screams, the grandmother said that no one came to her rescue.

"Nobody came to help to me when that was going on," she said.

But once the grandmother started screaming for help, Venderburg left the store.

Walmart employees brought water and paper towels to the now-bloodied woman.

Then she noticed an unfamiliar iPhone in her scooter's basket.

Police said during the alleged assault, the woman dropped her cell phone.

"It must have dropped out of her pocket when she was leaning over the buggie, socking me in the face," she said.

Police were able to unlock the phone and get her name and contact information. The woman came back to the store and requested her phone back from the Walmart employee, but she was denied. Police said that's when she reached for the employee's pocket but missed.

A photo was taken as the woman walked into the store, however the altercations were not captured on surveillance video.

The investigation is ongoing.

Walmart released a statement regarding the incident:

“We’re disappointed a customer would treat another customer with such disrespect. We’ll work with law enforcement as they search for the person responsible and want to wish the victim a speedy recovery.”